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Choice of fields of study of university Canadian graduates : the role of gender and their parents' education

Boudarbat, Brahim; Montmarquette, Claude - In: Education economics 17 (2009) 2, pp. 185-213

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Choice of fields of study of Canadian university graduates : the role of gender and their parents' education

Boudarbat, Brahim (contributor); … - 2007

less or more influenced by monetary incentives on their decision than was found in previous literature with samples of … of growth earnings depends upon the education level of the parent of the same gender. Surprisingly, lifetime earnings … have no statistically significant impact when the parent of the same gender as the student has a university education …

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Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals

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Modeling college major choices using elicited measures of expectations and counterfactuals

Arcidiacono, Peter; Hotz, Vincent Joseph; Kang, Songman - 2010

The choice of a college major plays a critical role in determining the future earnings of college graduates. Students make their college major decisions in part due to the future earnings streams associated with the different majors. We survey students about what their expected earnings would be...